Error: Core OS refused my SSH-Key

September 10, 2014 11.4k views
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Hello,
for days i try to make a Core OS Droplet.
But always i get an error:
PICTURE

What i am doing wrong?
On my Ubuntu Droplet the key work fine.

Hopefully,
Carsten from Germany

2 comments
  • sdefranc September 15, 2014

    Having same problem, I just opened a support ticket.

    OK just saw responses below, works using username ‘core’ instead of 'root’.

    Once you’ve logged in you can use 'sudo -i’ to become root.

  • kevinjqiu June 13, 2015

    PLEASE add this to the FAQ or display it when creating the droplet. It will save people a lot of time!

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rustx September 10, 2014

Hi ,

With CoreOS droplet installation, the user to use is ‘core’ not root.
Seeing your picture shows you are trying to connect with UNIX user 'root’.

You should try connecting with UNIX user 'core’ instead.

Hope this helps

Regards,

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rustx

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voyst September 12, 2014
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lkraav April 5, 2015

Here’s another one, fortunately after recreating 1 droplet, went looking for community help before re-creating 5 droplets. :)

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Patelify June 19, 2015

How is this not prompted next to the ‘This distribution requires an SSH Key.’ message when creating a droplet? Also, it should have a link out to this thread or some documentation describing it.

Wouldn’t take more than 10 mins for a UI developer to make that change. And would save hundreds of users time and effort for something that isn’t obvious.

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tnotm August 9, 2015

So… I got to about 6 droplet creations over the past 6 months until I found this thread.

Could be an exaggeration. While I really like DO, and some of the slick APIs and web consoles.... This issue is beyond stupid.

I haven’t checked yet but maybe CoreOS users would know this right off the bat, but as a new user, with DO’s handy web interface, we novices make this simple error EVERY TIME.

Yep they do … here.

You already have the ‘This droplet requires an SSH key’ notification in the webpage. It would not be that hard to fix this, especially 6 months after being reported.

Please help the novices out on this small issue, to get them up and running on CoreOS. Then point them over to DO’s great guides for CoreOS, and the CoreOS documentation.

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